![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 2. Proving Causal Will in Real Time_ - George Ortega In this second episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on November 27, 2010, I use real-time examples to explain why human beings have a causal will rather than a free will. Keywords: free will; determinism; causality; cause and effect; causal consciousness Downloads: 13 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Exploring the Illusion of Free Will - active table of contents - George Ortega Please note that, as a cognitive psychologist, the author fully appreciates the power of repetition in facilitating the comprehension and integration of information, and unabashedly leads the reader through extensive review of the work's major themes and concepts. George Ortega's brilliant and compelling book, Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, is likely to become an historic document. Where earlier attempts by relatively few authors have thus far failed to convince the global public that free... Keywords: free will; determinism; causality; cause and effect; causal consciousness Downloads: 239 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The law of the relation between cause and effect. - Unknown This ebook is about the law of the relation between cause and effect. The ebook is writen in vietnamese Keywords: The law of the relation between cause and effect Downloads: 1,045 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Exploring the Illusion of Free Will - live toc - George Ortega Please note that, as a cognitive psychologist, the author fully appreciates the power of repetition in facilitating the comprehension and integration of information, and unabashedly leads the reader through extensive review of the work's major themes and concepts. George Ortega's brilliant and compelling book, Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, is likely to become an historic document. Where earlier attempts by relatively few authors have thus far failed to convince the global public that free... Keywords: causal will; causal consciousness; causality; cause and effect; free will Downloads: 45 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1. How I Came to See My Causal Will - George Ortega In this first episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on November 27, 2010, I describe how I came to understand that our human will is causal and unconscious rather than free. Keywords: free will; determinism; causality; cause and effect; causal consciousness Downloads: 1,083 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Steps on the Path (Lamrim) - Karma - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Steps on the Path (Lamrim) Karma and the Law of Cause and Effect Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the steps on the path to enlightenment are presented in a very structured manner. This approach helps guide the student from preliminary practices and small scope all the way through more advanced levels of study to complete enlightenment. Karma is simply the law of cause and effect; actions have results... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Virtues and Nonvirtues; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 157 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Results and Their Causes; Teachings on Karma - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Results and Their Causes Teachings on Karma Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa The law of cause and effect and its implications for modifying our behavior. By generating a clear understanding about how karma works and presenting specific tools to accumulate merit and purify negativity, students are given the strength and responsibility to deal with life most effectively and take control of their future. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Virtues and Nonvirtues; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 357 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Karma-Law of Cause and Effect - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Karma - Law of Cause and Effect Stages on the Path to Enlightenment Understanding the interdependent nature of phenomena, helps to understand emptiness. Interdependent origination is the basis of karma; all causes lead to results. Our experience is based on actions. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Virtues and Nonvirtues; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 422 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | All About Karma - Discovering Buddhism - Ven. Lobsang Chokyi All About Karma Discovering Buddhism Ven. Lobsang Chokyi The law of cause and effect and its implications for modifying our behavior. By generating a clear understanding about how karma works and presenting specific tools to accumulate merit and purify negativity, students are given the strength and responsibility to deal with life most effectively and take control of their future. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Virtues and Nonvirtues; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 783 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Essential Buddhism: Karma 2009 - Geshe Ngawang Samten A weekend teaching by Geshe Samten, covering the essential topics of Buddhism. Keywords: Geshe Ngawang Samten; Vajrayana Institute; Buddhism; Karma; Cause and effect; Purification Downloads: 30 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Karma and Dependent Arising - Ven. Losang Monlam Karma and Dependent Arising Ven. Losang Monlam According to Buddhists, karma, or the law of cause and effect, is the true creator of our world. Anytime we act, speak or think, we create karma and that karma eventually ripens into painful, pleasurable or neutral experience for us, depending on the action. The Buddha described reality in terms of dependent arising- that phenomena arise only in dependence upon other causes and conditions... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Virtues and Nonvirtues; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 7,215 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | No Specific Answer - Occupant (Hal McGee) No Specific Answer by Occupant is another highly obscure title in my catalog of releases. Very few people have actually heard this 90-minute tape over the years, but I like it a lot and I want to share it with you here. Minimalist, pulsing, drone-based electronic music that slowly changes over time. Repeating, slowly-evolving phase pattern music created with a Casio MT-11 keyboard, Moog Synthesizer, and a small amplifier - along with some experiments in feedback modulation... Keywords: Hal McGee; Dog As Master; Cause And Effect; Viscera; cassette; electronic; Moog; synthesizer Downloads: 71 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Causes of Suffering-Stages of the Path 043006 - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Causes of Suffering Stages of the Path (Lamrim) Geshe-la speaks on the causes of our suffering; attachment, aversion and ignorance. Ignorance serves as the basic cause with various levels of mental delusions related to our fundamental ignorance grasping at true existence. A very insightful lecture in the mental processes that govern our everyday experiences. Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Grasping at True Existence; Mental Delusions; Wrong View; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 414 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination - Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa December 10, 2006 The 12 Links of Interdependent Origination, they are: Ignorance, Mental formation, Consciousness, Name and form, Perception, Contact, Feeling, Craving, Clinging or grasping, Existence or becoming, Birth, Aging and death. Geshe-la discusses the relationship between thee 12 Links of Interdependent Origination as a division into 3 groups: defilements, karma and suffering... Keywords: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Lamrim; Karma; Cause and Effect; Actions; Grasping at True Existence; Mental Delusions; Wrong View; Interdependent Origination Downloads: 325 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog - Dog As Master (Hal McGee) Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog was the second cassette tape release of my solo project Dog As Master. I recorded this album during the time that I lived at 821 North Pennsylvania Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. The music was constructed with a Fostex X-15 four-track cassette recorder. Side One of the Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog tape is titled "Slimy Stew And Pussy Gruel", a bizarre collage with strange voices, tape manipulations, electronics, disjointed acoustic piano, percussion and scree... Keywords: Dog As Master; Hal McGee; Cause And Effect; cassette; cassette culture; experimental music; noise; DIY; collage; dada Downloads: 78 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 How I came to see my causal will - George Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 1 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 58. Occupy and the 1%âs Dilemma About the Myth of Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on April 2, 2012, producer and host George Ortega describes why it would be in the best interest of the 1% richest and most powerful people in the world to help the world overcome the myth of free will in order to minimize hostility and recrimination against them as the Occupy Global Revolution of the 99% progresses through the summer and fall of 2012. Keywords: free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega; free will Downloads: 9 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 22 Why Deliberation is Not Evidence of Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on July 2, 2011, George Ortega explains that because deliberated decisions are made at the level of the unconscious, and are subject to causality, deliberation does not make for a free will. Keywords: free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 11 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 If we had free wills, we would be perfectly good to those we love - George Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 4 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 Why giving up the illusion of free will makes life better Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 16 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 57. The Experience of Losing Oneâs Sense of Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on April 2, 2012, producer and host George Ortega describes what it is like, and the benefits, of losing one's sense of free will. Keywords: free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega; free will Downloads: 13 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 2. Proving Causal Will in Real Time - George In this second episode of our show "Exploring the Illusion of Free Will," taped on November 27, 2010, I use real-time examples to explain why human beings have a causal will rather than a free will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 6 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 7. How the Unsolicited Participation of the Unconscious Makes Free Will Impossible - George In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, I explain how our unconscious, which never sleeps, always participates in our decisions, rendering free will impossible. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 8 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 9. Overcoming Our Reluctance to Overcome the Illusion of Free Will - George In this episode, taped on 04-28-11, I present suggestions to help us overcome the emotional and belief barriers that stand in the way of accepting the causal nature of our human will. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for more free, commercial-free episodes from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will," the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 8 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 How our unsleeping unconscious makes free will impossible - George Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 9 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 3. Morality Within a Causal Will Perspective - George In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, I describe how our lack of free will makes personal moral accountability impossible, but this fact does not threaten our personal and societal requirements for order and rule of law. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for more free, commercial-free episodes from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 13 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1. How I Came to See My Causal Will - George In this first episode of our show "Exploring the Illusion of Free Will," taped on November 27, 2010, I describe how I came to understand that our human will is causal rather than free. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for more free, commercial-free episodes from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 5 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 8. Asking When a Child Gains it Illuminates the Incoherence of the Concept "Free Will" - George In this episode, I begin with the premise that infants do not have a free will. If we ask when, exactly, an infant presumably acquires one, we can understand why the concept "free will" does not make sense, and is ultimately an illusion. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 7 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 The causal past, nature, or God compels illusions like free will - George Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 8 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1 How disagreements with friends reveal our lack of free will - George Clip from âExploring the Illusion of Free Will." Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 15 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 7. How the Unsolicited Participation of the Unconscious Makes Free Will Impossible_ - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on March 2, 2011, I explain how our unconscious, which never sleeps, always participates in our decisions, rendering free will impossible. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 24 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 4. What it All Means - George In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, I explain how our world's overcoming the illusion of free will would represent a major evolutionary leap in human consciousness, and describe how this change would play out personally and societally. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 10 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 52. Free Will vs. Universal Will Belief â The New Intelligence/Morality Test - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded January 27, 2012, producer and host George Ortega explains how the understandings that reality is causal and free will is an illusion are such basic conclusions, according to our experience, the principles of logic, and the theories and workings of modern science, that the question now effectively serves as a new criteria for determining the relative strength of our individual human intelligence. Keywords: free will; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 15 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 50. Freud Popularized the Unconscious - Ortega is Popularizing Unconscious Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on January 12, 2012, producer and host George Ortega explains why his popularizing unconscious will is even more of a scientific achievement than Freud's popularizing the concept of the unconscious. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 72 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 1. How I Came to See My Causal Will_ - George Ortega In this first episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on November 27, 2010, producer, writer, and host George Ortega describes how he came to understand that our human will is causal and unconscious rather than free. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 27 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 59. Causal Reality Off the Cuff # 6 - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on April 2, 2012, producer and host George Ortega talks extemporaneously about why human beings do not have a free will, and why understanding this matters to us personally and globally. Keywords: free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega; free will Downloads: 12 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 2. Proving Causal Will in Real Time_ - George Ortega In this second episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on November 27, 2010, I use real-time examples to explain why human beings have a causal will rather than a free will. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 24 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 4. What it all means - Exploring the Illusion of Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped on November 27, 2010, I explain how our world's overcoming the illusion of free will would represent a major evolutionary leap in human consciousness, and describe how this change would play out personally and societally. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 34 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 5. We Do Not "Experience" Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped March 2, 2011, I explain how most people's strongest defense for free will, the idea that they "experience" their will as free, is mistaken in that what we all actually experience is our will. We thereafter infer as to whether it is free or causal. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 27 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 3. Morality Within a Causal Will Perspective_ - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, I describe how our lack of free will makes personal moral accountability impossible, but this fact does not threaten our personal and societal requirements for order and rule of law. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 26 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 54. Scientific Theism, and Why God's Will is Not Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on February 7, 2012, producer, writer, and host George Ortega describes how we can understand our universe from a personal perspective by equating God with the Universe, and thereby understand that God's will must be as compelled as that of we humans. Keywords: free will; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 29 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Trompeur Et Sournois - Dog As Master (Hal McGee) Sadistic experimental electronic music by Dog As Master: near-silence punctuated by noise blasts. Hewn from the same mass of sonic material as Black Body, Trompeur Et Sournois by Dog As Master is a real test of your stereo equipment and your endurance. Thumbing my nose, slap in your face, a sadistic twist and pinch in sound. Over and over again, no matter how much it hurts. It is the quieter parts which make the roof-shakingly loud parts all the more painful... Keywords: Hal McGee; Viscera; Cause And Effect; cassette; Cassette Culture; DIY; Dog As Master; Master/Slave Relationship; homemade music; experimental; electronic; Moog Rogue; Commodore 64; noise Downloads: 62 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 87. Free Will Claims Based on Fears and Desires - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on September 14, 2012, co-hosts George Ortega and Enel discuss how and why some people argue for the existence of free will according to their fears and desires. The debate over whether humans have a free will languished for centuries in academia. In 2010, George Ortega decided it was time to move the issue to the public arena in a big way... Keywords: free will; determinism; free choice; fate; destiny; causal will; unconscious; cause and effect; philosophy; causality; causation; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; brain; mind; consciousness; neuroscience; freedom Downloads: 4 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 6. How the Hedonic Imperative Makes Free Will Impossible - George In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, I describe how the principle in biology and psychology that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain compels our every decision. Visit www.causalconsciousness.com for the full free, commercial-free episode, and more from the first, and only, television program about the causal nature of human will. Keywords: Free will; causal will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; will; causal consciousness; philosophy; talk; public access; science; educational; physics Downloads: 14 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 53. Causal Reality Off the Cuff 5 - Overcoming Free Will Belief is Biggest Thing Ever - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on January 27, 2012, producer and host George Ortega talks extemporaneously about the significance of our world overcoming the illusion of free will. Keywords: free will; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 10 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 91. No Free Will Off the Cuff #7 - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on September 28, 2012, producer George Ortega talks extemporaneously about the free will illusion. The debate over whether humans have a free will languished for centuries in academia. In 2010, George Ortega decided it was time to move the issue to the public arena in a big way. Ortega spearheaded a buzz about free will that ultimately led to an explosion in mainstream media and Internet coverage, including cover stories by New Sci... Keywords: free will; determinism; free choice; fate; destiny; causal will; unconscious; cause and effect; philosophy; causality; causation; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; brain; mind; consciousness; neuroscience; freedom Downloads: 5 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 87. Free Will Claims Based on Fears and Desires - George Ortega and Enel R- 09.14.12, in this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, co-hosts George Ortega and Enel discuss how and why some people argue for the existence of free will according to their fears and desires. Keywords: free will; determinism; free choice; fate; destiny; causal will; unconscious; cause and effect; philosophy; causality; causation; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; brain; mind; consciousness; neuroscience; freedom Downloads: 184 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 6. How the Hedonic Imperative Makes Free Will Impossible - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, taped March 2, 2001, I describe how the principle in biology and psychology that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain compels our every decision. Keywords: âfree willâ; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 25 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 60. Ten Ways to Refute Free Will - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on January 27, 2012, producer and host George Ortega explains why causality, the unconscious, the hedonic and moral imperatives, the fact that we did not create ourselves, the fact that thoughts just pop into our minds, the fact that we are constantly influenced by factors outside of our control, nature and nurture, and the fact that God her/himself does not have a free will, make human free will impossible. Keywords: free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega; free will Downloads: 24 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 55. Understanding Our Universal Will Does Not Equal Fatalism - George Ortega In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on February 7, 2012, producer and host George Ortega explains why fatalism is a mistaken and unproductive reaction to the truth that our lives are completely determined by forces outside of our control. Keywords: free will; free will vs. determinism; free choice; causal will; unconscious will; cause and effect; causality; causation; determinism; predeterminism; human will; volition; morality; physics; George Ortega Downloads: 18 |  |